Real Estate News

JULY 12, 2025

Maryanne Moyers, Principal Broker, Serhant Maryanne Moyers, a veteran broker with more than $5 billion in career sales, will lead the expansion as principal broker. Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Adobe Stock Brokerages SERHANT. " The high-demand D.C.

Brokerage

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

San Francisco-based private lender Kiavi announced on Thursday that it has secured $300 million in capital after another securitization of its residential transition loans (RTLs). The deal leaves room for reinvestment via a two-year window, allowing investors to reuse principal payoffs to purchase newlyoriginated loans.

Land

Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

is expanding into the residential mortgage business, and it’s picked up Sterling Point Advisors ‘ Jeff Juliane and Brett Ludden to lead the effort. “We are thrilled to welcome Jeff and Brett to Milliman,” said Jonathan Glowacki, a principal at Milliman. Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc.

Mortgages

Fancy Pants Homes

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

An exclusive private residential community with no public access, Bay Point is bordered by Biscayne Bay and is located just minutes away from the best that Miami has to offer. The price tag? A cool $19,750,000. Sweetening the deal is a private dock and 85 feet of water frontage.

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The Close

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Investing in real estate may seem as simple as buying a property and collecting money, but it is far more complicated than that. Don’t stop reading, though. I said it was complicated, not impossible! This beginner’s guide will help you understand how to invest in real estate successfully, one step at a time.

Hard money loan

Fancy Pants Homes

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The 88-story luxury condo building, developed by Rabina, will be the tallest residential tower on 5th Avenue and the second tallest building on this coveted stretch of Manhattan (surpassed only by the famed Empire State Building). The suite also includes a vast walk-in closet.

Design

The Residential Specialist

MAY 12, 2025

Equity Grows with Every Payment Mortgage amortization means each payment reduces the principal balance owed, increasing home equity automaticallya financial advantage renters dont have. By Pat Zaby For many buyers, the mortgage ratesof the last few years created an expectation that anything above 5% feels too high.

Mortgages

Calculated Risk Real Estate

MARCH 13, 2025

From CoreLogic last week: CoreLogic: Borrowers Gained Over $280B in Home Equity in 2024 Quarter-over-quarter, the total number of mortgage residential properties with negative equity increased by 9.3% million homes or 2% of all mortgaged properties. While year-over-year, negative equity increased by 7% from 1 million homes, or 1.8%

Closing

The Residential Specialist

JULY 21, 2025

Market research: AI tools help Addie Owens, CRS Instructor, principal broker and CEO of Touchstone Real Estate in Central Florida, stay on top of market trends by summarizing reports or analyzing MLS and public data for insights. By Michelle Huffman Artificial intelligence is impacting nearly every industry—and real estate is no different.

Staging

AAOA

JANUARY 23, 2025

in July 2024 Just about every multifamily project that BartonPartners has designed in recent years has marketed itself as a luxury property, says Bill Warwick, AIA, a Principal with the Philadelphia-based architecture and urban design firm. When they enter, they know its something special, he contends. acres in Fort Myers, Fla.,

Marketing

Redfin

APRIL 23, 2025

Erica Lee, the founder and principal designer of Studio Lee , emphasizes. Planning lighting as a home builder/designer Lighting plays a unique role in home design, especially from a residential designers point of view. I like to use lighting as an intentional wow factor, says Chad Kahle of Kitchen Vision of the Carolinas.

Design

Keller Williams

MARCH 7, 2025

Charlotte Savoy, operating principal and agent with the KW Collective, was attending her 18th Family Reunion. When it comes to residential real estate, Gary reported that home sales in the U.S. But those who couldnt make it IRL werent left out of the learning. She described CEO Summit as the perfect springboard for FR.

Branding

Marco Santarelli

APRIL 27, 2025

Skip the Mortgage Hassle (and Cost): No loan applications, no mountains of paperwork, no qualifying, and no monthly principal and interest payments stretching out for decades. Now, imagine you have the resources to just walk in, pick your spot, and pay for it right there and then, without needing a loan. My short answer?

Finance

GeekEstate

JULY 8, 2025

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Construction

Redfin

AUGUST 5, 2025

Construction loans fund building residential (stick-built) homes, from land purchase to the finished product. They usually come in two forms: Standalone construction loan: A short-term loan that finances the building phase; borrowers get a separate mortgage loan once the principal comes due. What is a jumbo construction loan?

Construction

Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

The newest data on outstanding residential mortgages has been released via the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s National Mortgage Database. It tells a pretty strong story on the financial strength of the American homeowner. And for the homeowners who hold mortgages, they remain in outstanding shape. Thats down from 70% in 2013.

Mortgages

Redfin

MAY 6, 2025

Bring the outdoors in 5. Embrace the coastal vibe 6. Rearrange your furniture 7. Try out a fresh paint color 8. Trade out the dark colors for lighter ones 1. Swap out the heavy textures As the seasons shift, so should the textures in your home. Accent the room with new pillows and a plant or two, and you are well on your way.

Design

Redfin

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The maximum mortgage principal eligible for deductible interest is $750,000, or $375,000 if youre married and filing separately. Key takeaways: Buying a home comes with increased tax responsibilities, such as property taxes, mortgage insurance, and capital gains tax. Buying a home is a major life milestone and can provide numerous benefits.

Equity

Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This option combines a standalone partial claim to bring the loan current along with a reduced principal payment for three years. Now they have a request for the incoming Trump administration standardization and simplification of loss-mitigation frameworks. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S.

Loans

Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

On Thursday, he’ll be peppered with questions regarding his vision for the GSEs , principally whether they should be removed from conservatorship , as the Trump administration has expressed an interest in doing. That’s according to financial disclosure forms released on Tuesday. Jones was fired and it sparked several lawsuits.

Principal

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Another single-family rental (SFR) securitization deal sponsored by a large institutional player, Progress Residential , is slated to hit the private-label market this month, bringing the total securitization-deal count for Progress to seven so far this year. billion; FirstKey Homes , $10 billion; Amherst Residential , $6.3

Residential

Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week announced a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to examine the intricacies of converting office space into residential living units. Each new goal, while worthy, widens the disconnect between buildings constructed decades ago and what regulation requires today.”

Residential

Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2024

Michael Warden , managing principal and CEO of Invictus Capital Partners — one of the largest players in the nonqualified mortgage (or private-label) securitization space via Verus Securitization Trust — is also quite bullish on the future of private capital in the mortgage market. It’s a matter of speed. …

Investor

Housing Wire

AUGUST 15, 2024

Fitch Ratings said in a report that SPS has been servicing residential mortgages since 1989 and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions since 2000. billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB). Investment firm Davidson Kempner Capital Management is a co-investor.

Investor

Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s face it: joint ventures (JVs) and affiliated business arrangements (ABAs) are all the rage in the residential real estate space right now. So why aren’t more commercial real estate (CRE) entities – investors , principals, banks, law firms or developers – seeking the same? And why not? Not to mince words: title is hard.

Commercial

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

It comes as Securent seeks capital to invest in rising-demand products, especially in the residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) space. He previously worked with VineLight’s principals, Bryan Binder and Jason Garmise, at CastleLine , a provider of mortgage data and insurance products. Vedder will continue to lead Securent.

Mortgages

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

This agency’s most recent credit risk transfer (CRT) offering, STACR 2022-DNA6, involves a $1.165 billion note backed by a reference loan pool of 112,865 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $35.6 billion so far in 2022. billion, according to a presale report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

Principal

Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fannie Mae has launched its fourth reperforming-loan sale of the year — an offering of 6,130 loans with an unpaid principal balance of $997 million. million in unpaid principal balance; pool 2 is at $342.5 A reperforming loan is a mortgage that has been or is currently delinquent but has been reperforming for a period of time.

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

In 2022, Kaufman co-founded AdaMark Residential , where he served as president. Prior to that venture, Kaufman was a vice president and principal of a luxury residential real estate marketing firm. Naples, Florida -based Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is shaking up its C-suite.

Principal

Housing Wire

JULY 8, 2024

Roughly eight months after acquiring PacWest Bancorp in a rescue deal , Banc of California is selling roughly $2 billion in business-purpose residential mortgage loans, according to Bloomberg. billion of single-family residential loans at a discount. The bank entered into an agreement to buy $1.8

Loans

Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Rocktop — a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that works to improve yields for institutional investors , asset managers and other participants in the fixed-income and mortgage markets — has now placed more than $60 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB) on its data management platform. billion in UPB. “The

Due diligence

Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The company also increased its agents count by 4%, reaching 14,055 principal agents in Q3. That’s a 4% year-over-year increase of 511 principal agents since Q3 2022 and a 3% increase of 422 agents compared to the second quarter of 2023. Revenue decreased by 10% year over year to $1.34 Revenue was revised down to $241.20

Principal

Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Nations Direct Mortgage, a residential lender in both the retail and wholesale channels, on Wednesday announced appointing Jack O’Brien as its senior vice president and national sales director. O’Brien & Associates and VP, Eastern regional sales manager at National City Home Equity, among others. .

Sales

Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The notes were offered by Mello Warehouse Securitization Trust 2024-1 and secured by newly originated first-lien, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate residential mortgages. California-based loanDepot on Monday announced it has closed a $300 million offering of notes backed by a revolving warehouse line of credit and secured by mortgages.

Closing

Housing Wire

JUNE 18, 2024

million in aggregate principal amount available for 30 days to cover over-allotments. The company said the proceeds of the debt offering are expected to fund, among other things, the firm’s residential lending business, the acquisition of mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and strategic acquisitions and investments.

Closing

Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

billion note backed by a reference loan pool of 140,950 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $42.9 billion note offering issued against a reference loan pool of 190,774 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $33.6 billion in credit risk on approximately $2.7

Principal

Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2022

billion note backed by a reference loan pool of 118,055 residential mortgages with an outstanding principal balance of $35.4 The KBRA report also mentions that the loan reference pool for the CRT offering has far more geographic diversity when compared with a typical prime-jumbo residential mortgage-backed securities offering.

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